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2005 BRFSS Survey Results: North Carolina

Asthma-WHITES

During the past 30 days, how often did you use a prescription asthma inhaler during an asthma attack to stop it?*

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  Total
Respond.^
1-4 5-14 15 or more times Never
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
TOTAL 879 235 27.6 23.5-32.1 83 8.5 6.4-11.2 174 17.8 14.8-21.3 387 46.1 41.5-50.7
GENDER
Male 211 46 23.9 16.8-32.8 18 6.9 4.0-11.5 40 15.8 10.7-22.8 107 53.4 44.0-62.6
Female 668 189 29.4 24.7-34.6 65 9.3 6.7-12.9 134 18.7 15.2-22.9 280 42.5 37.7-47.5
AGE
18-24 38 11 36.0 19.0-57.6 5 14.3 5.7-31.9 5 11.1 3.7-28.8 17 38.5 21.6-58.8
25-34 111 38 30.5 21.4-41.3 9 5.3 2.5-10.9 9 6.8 3.3-13.5 55 57.4 46.0-68.1
35-44 164 50 33.0 24.6-42.6 19 8.2 4.8-13.9 26 17.9 11.4-27.0 69 40.9 32.2-50.1
45-54 173 44 23.0 16.3-31.4 17 9.2 5.1-15.8 34 21.8 14.9-30.7 78 46.0 37.0-55.2
55-64 165 38 21.0 14.4-29.7 17 8.8 5.2-14.5 44 28.4 20.6-37.7 66 41.8 32.9-51.3
65-74 128 33 24.9 17.1-34.7 12 11.4 6.1-20.3 32 22.8 15.7-31.8 51 41.0 31.5-51.2
75+ 96 19 16.7 9.8-27.0 4 3.1 1.2- 8.2 24 22.6 14.3-33.9 49 57.5 45.4-68.8
EDUCATION
Less Than H.S. 160 36 20.1 12.7-30.3 15 12.2 6.2-22.7 46 24.8 16.7-35.3 63 42.8 30.9-55.7
H.S. or G.E.D. 241 55 21.0 14.4-29.6 23 5.6 3.5- 8.9 54 19.6 14.2-26.4 109 53.9 45.0-62.5
Some Post-H.S. 223 73 33.3 25.7-42.0 20 7.6 4.5-12.6 48 20.3 14.1-28.2 82 38.7 31.0-47.1
College Graduate 254 71 33.4 25.4-42.5 25 9.8 5.9-15.8 25 9.3 5.7-14.8 133 47.6 39.5-55.8
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $15,000 151 34 19.1 12.6-27.9 20 16.4 9.4-27.0 54 30.2 21.8-40.1 43 34.3 24.5-45.7
$15,000- 24,999 170 52 29.1 20.3-39.8 18 7.6 4.4-13.0 35 18.7 12.4-27.2 65 44.6 33.9-55.8
$25,000- 34,999 101 27 33.2 20.6-48.9 7 5.4 2.0-13.6 17 13.0 7.4-22.0 50 48.3 34.9-62.1
$35,000- 49,999 115 37 31.4 21.9-42.9 10 6.0 2.8-12.1 18 16.3 9.7-26.1 50 46.3 35.6-57.4
$50,000-74,999 96 31 35.3 24.2-48.3 6 3.0 1.3- 6.8 15 18.4 9.3-33.2 44 43.2 31.3-55.9
$75,000+ 120 29 27.8 18.1-40.2 9 10.0 4.9-19.3 12 9.1 4.8-16.8 70 53.0 41.8-63.9
DISABILITY STATUS
Yes 484 127 28.0 22.1-34.7 47 10.0 6.9-14.1 126 23.3 18.7-28.6 184 38.8 32.6-45.3
No 384 107 28.0 22.5-34.3 35 6.1 4.1- 9.0 45 12.1 8.4-17.3 197 53.7 47.1-60.2
VETERAN STATUS
Veteran 78 15 12.7 6.9-22.4 6 8.9 3.6-20.3 19 25.7 14.7-40.9 38 52.7 38.7-66.3
Non-Veteran 801 220 29.1 24.7-33.9 77 8.5 6.3-11.4 155 17.0 13.9-20.6 349 45.4 40.6-50.3

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*These data apply only to those with current asthma

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.

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